The African Studies Program (ASP) at the University of Washington is an interdisciplinary program, fostering a better understanding of the African continent and its diaspora. Bringing together faculty from every UW location (Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell), students are invited to take classes from a variety of disciplines.
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December 15, 2019
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“There’s no reason why we can’t still have a successful foreign policy,” said Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government,
May 9, 2019
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Mary Andom, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program who also serves as a communications assistant at the Jackson School, writes about Jackson School doctoral candidate
October 1, 2018
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Affiliate Professor Tabitha Grace Mallory is quoted in “Gambia’s tolerance for Chinese fish factories tested as Beijing courts poor African nation with deals,” on how China’s aquaculture has become a major
July 18, 2017
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To improve education systems around the world Bridge International Academies (BIA) offers cheap schooling for the world’s poor. BIA offers teaching at a low cost with standardized pedagogy. Teachers use
May 25, 2017
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Assistant Director of African Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies Monica Rojas-Stewart has won a prestigious Artist Trust Fellowship for 2017. First presented in 1987, the fellowship provides funding to artists across Washington State
May 3, 2017
Posted by: jlbeyer
M-Pesa is an electronic mobile money system free of cards or banks that lets users transfer money between users and go to local agents to withdraw cash. M-Pesa[1] is named after
April 25, 2017
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April 11, 2017
Posted by: jlbeyer
Nation-state borders are no longer the manifestations of sovereignty that they were in the 20th century, something that is made readily more apparent by the mounting reports of inter-state cyber
March 24, 2017
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Cameroon is a longtime US ally and stabilizing regional force. It is particularly vulnerable to cybercrime, but a corrupt government makes any state-led cybersecurity effort risky.
November 1, 2016
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